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Ancestry refers to the lineage or descent of a person, family, or group, tracing back through generations to identify their origins, heritage, and familial connections. It encompasses the genetic, cultural, and historical ties that link individuals to their forebears, shaping their identity and sense of belonging. Ancestry is a multifaceted concept, intertwining biology, genealogy, history, and culture, and it plays a significant role in how people understand themselves and their place in the world.

At its core, ancestry is rooted in genetics. Each individual inherits a unique combination of DNA from their parents, who in turn inherited their DNA from their own ancestors. This genetic material carries information about physical traits, predispositions to certain health conditions, and even behavioral tendencies. Advances in genetic testing, such as DNA analysis, have made it possible for individuals to trace their biological ancestry with remarkable precision. Companies like 23andMe and AncestryDNA offer services that analyze genetic markers to provide insights into a person's ethnic composition and geographic origins, often revealing surprising connections to distant relatives or previously unknown heritage.

Beyond genetics, ancestry is deeply tied to genealogy, the study of family history and lineage. Genealogical research involves constructing family trees, documenting relationships, and uncovering historical records such as birth certificates, marriage licenses, census data, and immigration documents. This process often reveals stories of migration, resilience, and adaptation, offering a window into the lives of ancestors and the challenges they faced. For many, genealogy is a way to honor their forebears and preserve their legacy for future generations.

Cultural ancestry is another critical dimension, encompassing the traditions, languages, customs, and values passed down through generations. It connects individuals to their ethnic or national heritage, shaping their cultural identity and worldview. For example, someone with Irish ancestry might celebrate St. Patrick's Day, learn traditional Irish dance, or explore the Gaelic language, while someone with Japanese ancestry might practice tea ceremonies, study calligraphy, or observe Obon festivals. Cultural ancestry fosters a sense of continuity and belonging, linking individuals to a broader community with shared experiences and values.

Historical ancestry delves into the broader context of a family's or group's past, including significant events, social conditions, and historical movements that shaped their lives. For instance, the transatlantic slave trade, the Irish Potato Famine, or the Jewish diaspora have profoundly influenced the ancestry of millions of people, leaving lasting imprints on their descendants' identities. Understanding historical ancestry often involves grappling with complex narratives of triumph and tragedy, resilience and oppression, and the interplay of individual and collective experiences.

Ancestry also has a deeply personal and emotional dimension. For many, exploring their ancestry is a journey of self-discovery, offering insights into who they are and where they come from. It can foster a sense of pride, connection, and continuity, as well as a deeper appreciation for the struggles and achievements of those who came before. At the same time, it can raise questions about identity, belonging, and the complexities of heritage, particularly for individuals with mixed or multicultural backgrounds.

In a globalized world, ancestry serves as a bridge between the past and the present, connecting individuals to their roots while also highlighting the interconnectedness of human history. It underscores the diversity and richness of human experience, reminding us that every person's story is part of a larger tapestry woven over centuries. Whether through genetic testing, genealogical research, cultural practices, or historical exploration, ancestry offers a profound way to understand ourselves and our place in the world.

A diversification score measures the diversity of ancestries in the county. As the value appoaches 100, ancestry diversity decreases and therefore increasing the risk of a lack of cultural diversity. The ancestry diversification score for this county is:

Most common ancestry not including "Unknown" is:

Ancestry Report Part I
Description	Total Population	American	Native American	Hawaiian	Caribbean (Latino)	Mexican	Central American	South American	Other Hispanic	African American	Sub- Saharan	Caribbean (Black)

Franklin County	17,667	3,734	259	15	15	446	2	10	50	40	12	10
Arkansas (in 000's)	3,109	238	23	17	14	194	44	6	13	298	79	64
National (in 000's)	343,251	13,890	2,213	626	11,327	38,879	6,181	4,644	3,687	25,893	7,852	7,174
Sebastian County	130,404	8,010	2,213	89	713	13,666	3,844	131	1,034	5,102	1,415	1,239
Crawford County	62,322	7,890	1,371	29	119	2,135	2,205	96	214	511	162	139
Johnson County	26,107	4,532	178	27	176	3,029	145	41	59	228	59	110
Logan County	21,327	2,191	204	10	15	605	5	19	30	232	32	38
Madison County	17,844	1,628	398	345	1	788	190	18	22	35	1	0

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Franklin County	19.43	21.14	1.47	0.08	0.08	2.52	0.01	0.06	0.28	0.23	0.07	0.06
Arkansas	12.56	7.66	0.73	0.55	0.45	6.24	1.41	0.19	0.41	9.59	2.55	2.07
National	7.83	4.05	0.64	0.18	3.30	11.33	1.80	1.35	1.07	7.54	2.29	2.09
Sebastian County	11.96	6.14	1.70	0.07	0.55	10.48	2.95	0.10	0.79	3.91	1.09	0.95
Crawford County	15.72	12.66	2.20	0.05	0.19	3.43	3.54	0.15	0.34	0.82	0.26	0.22
Johnson County	14.11	17.36	0.68	0.10	0.67	11.60	0.56	0.16	0.23	0.87	0.23	0.42
Logan County	18.93	10.27	0.96	0.05	0.07	2.84	0.02	0.09	0.14	1.09	0.15	0.18
Madison County	19.32	9.12	2.23	1.93	0.01	4.42	1.06	0.10	0.12	0.20	0.01	0.00

Comparisons to State Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Franklin County		275.76	199.53	15.43	19.07	40.49	0.80	29.30	69.25	2.36	2.67	2.74
Arkansas		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		52.80	87.76	33.17	741.37	181.65	127.96	700.38	262.80	78.63	89.81	101.03
Sebastian County		80.14	230.97	12.41	122.84	168.07	209.46	52.00	194.01	40.78	42.60	45.93
Crawford County		165.18	299.40	8.46	42.90	54.94	251.41	79.74	84.02	8.55	10.21	10.78
Johnson County		226.49	92.79	18.80	151.46	186.07	39.47	81.30	55.29	9.10	8.87	20.37
Logan County		134.04	130.19	8.52	15.80	45.49	1.67	46.12	34.42	11.34	5.89	8.61
Madison County		119.04	303.57	351.43	1.26	70.82	75.66	52.22	30.17	2.04	0.22	0.00

Comparisons to National Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Franklin County		522.29	227.36	46.53	2.57	22.29	0.63	4.18	26.35	3.00	2.97	2.71
Arkansas		189.40	113.95	301.48	13.49	55.05	78.15	14.28	38.05	127.17	111.34	98.98
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Sebastian County		151.79	263.19	37.40	16.57	92.52	163.69	7.43	73.82	51.86	47.43	45.46
Crawford County		312.85	341.18	25.50	5.79	30.25	196.47	11.39	31.97	10.87	11.36	10.67
Johnson County		428.98	105.74	56.67	20.43	102.43	30.84	11.61	21.04	11.58	9.88	20.16
Logan County		253.87	148.35	25.69	2.13	25.05	1.30	6.58	13.10	14.42	6.56	8.52
Madison County		225.46	345.92	1,059.50	0.17	38.99	59.13	7.46	11.48	2.60	0.24	0.00

Ancestry Report Part II
Description	Total Population	Canadian	British	Dutch	French	German	Italian	Polish	Scandinavian	Scotish/ Irish	Spanish	Other European

Franklin County	17,667	37	1,183	106	99	1,462	134	88	196	1,368	24	130
Arkansas (in 000's)	3,109	4	224	15	25	167	26	13	24	209	6	44
National (in 000's)	343,251	1,350	18,069	1,828	3,642	24,708	9,027	4,667	5,969	20,625	1,140	9,563
Sebastian County	130,404	277	8,323	580	1,167	8,220	1,321	358	923	9,255	210	1,967
Crawford County	62,322	173	4,458	325	523	3,757	571	259	461	5,270	222	683
Johnson County	26,107	24	1,653	242	170	1,585	117	70	227	1,717	6	301
Logan County	21,327	69	1,620	124	129	2,184	178	84	126	1,576	58	228
Madison County	17,844	13	1,652	126	207	1,064	233	37	156	1,139	81	305

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Franklin County	19.43	0.21	6.70	0.60	0.56	8.28	0.76	0.50	1.11	7.74	0.14	0.74
Arkansas	12.56	0.14	7.20	0.47	0.81	5.38	0.82	0.41	0.77	6.72	0.19	1.42
National	7.83	0.39	5.26	0.53	1.06	7.20	2.63	1.36	1.74	6.01	0.33	2.79
Sebastian County	11.96	0.21	6.38	0.44	0.89	6.30	1.01	0.27	0.71	7.10	0.16	1.51
Crawford County	15.72	0.28	7.15	0.52	0.84	6.03	0.92	0.42	0.74	8.46	0.36	1.10
Johnson County	14.11	0.09	6.33	0.93	0.65	6.07	0.45	0.27	0.87	6.58	0.02	1.15
Logan County	18.93	0.32	7.60	0.58	0.60	10.24	0.83	0.39	0.59	7.39	0.27	1.07
Madison County	19.32	0.07	9.26	0.71	1.16	5.96	1.31	0.21	0.87	6.38	0.45	1.71

Comparisons to State Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Franklin County		151.96	93.00	127.72	69.35	153.77	92.25	122.20	144.23	115.29	72.38	51.72
Arkansas		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		285.40	73.11	113.37	131.31	133.76	319.86	333.55	226.06	89.46	177.00	195.83
Sebastian County		154.12	88.64	94.68	110.76	117.13	123.20	67.35	92.02	105.67	85.81	106.02
Crawford County		201.41	99.35	111.01	103.86	112.02	111.43	101.96	96.17	125.90	189.80	77.03
Johnson County		66.70	87.94	197.33	80.59	112.81	54.50	65.78	113.04	97.92	12.25	81.04
Logan County		234.75	105.50	123.77	74.86	190.29	101.51	96.63	76.81	110.02	144.91	75.14
Madison County		52.86	128.58	150.32	143.57	110.80	158.81	50.87	113.66	95.04	241.87	120.14

Comparisons to National Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Franklin County		53.24	127.20	112.66	52.82	114.96	28.84	36.64	63.80	128.87	40.89	26.41
Arkansas		35.04	136.78	88.21	76.16	74.76	31.26	29.98	44.24	111.78	56.50	51.06
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Sebastian County		54.00	121.25	83.52	84.35	87.57	38.52	20.19	40.71	118.12	48.48	54.14
Crawford County		70.57	135.89	97.92	79.10	83.75	34.84	30.57	42.54	140.73	107.23	39.33
Johnson County		23.37	120.28	174.06	61.37	84.34	17.04	19.72	50.00	109.46	6.92	41.38
Logan County		82.25	144.30	109.18	57.01	142.26	31.74	28.97	33.98	122.98	81.87	38.37
Madison County		18.52	175.87	132.59	109.34	82.84	49.65	15.25	50.28	106.23	136.65	61.35

Ancestry Report Part III
Description	Total Population	Chinese	Filipino	Japanese	Korean	Vietnamese	South Central Asian	South East Asian	Other Asian	Middle Eastern	Other Ancestry	Unknown

Franklin County	17,667	20	18	1	5	0	2	10	114	0	2,004	6,073
Arkansas (in 000's)	3,109	6	6	1	3	6	17	8	7	4	512	793
National (in 000's)	343,251	4,461	3,010	793	1,541	1,913	5,452	1,643	1,229	1,931	47,322	51,000
Sebastian County	130,404	83	356	16	110	1,905	567	2,144	517	157	25,366	29,126
Crawford County	62,322	68	77	0	109	44	39	434	83	159	10,928	18,808
Johnson County	26,107	9	195	0	45	145	3	371	105	9	4,204	6,325
Logan County	21,327	45	9	3	1	0	4	112	128	3	3,716	7,549
Madison County	17,844	5	15	1	15	20	0	10	12	6	2,530	6,791

Per Cent to Total Population	Diversity Index

Franklin County	19.43	0.11	0.10	0.01	0.03	0.00	0.01	0.06	0.65	0.00	11.34	34.37
Arkansas	12.56	0.18	0.21	0.03	0.08	0.19	0.56	0.26	0.21	0.14	16.45	25.52
National	7.83	1.30	0.88	0.23	0.45	0.56	1.59	0.48	0.36	0.56	13.79	14.86
Sebastian County	11.96	0.06	0.27	0.01	0.08	1.46	0.43	1.64	0.40	0.12	19.45	22.34
Crawford County	15.72	0.11	0.12	0.00	0.17	0.07	0.06	0.70	0.13	0.26	17.53	30.18
Johnson County	14.11	0.03	0.75	0.00	0.17	0.56	0.01	1.42	0.40	0.03	16.10	24.23
Logan County	18.93	0.21	0.04	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.53	0.60	0.01	17.42	35.40
Madison County	19.32	0.03	0.08	0.01	0.08	0.11	0.00	0.06	0.07	0.03	14.18	38.06

Comparisons to State Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Franklin County		63.20	49.49	17.19	34.78	0.00	2.04	21.53	305.13	0.00	68.94	134.71
Arkansas		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National		725.57	425.98	701.32	551.83	290.47	286.12	182.05	169.36	416.57	83.79	58.22
Sebastian County		35.53	132.60	37.25	103.66	761.43	78.33	625.36	187.47	89.17	118.22	87.53
Crawford County		60.91	60.01	0.00	214.93	36.80	11.27	264.88	62.98	188.95	106.57	118.26
Johnson County		19.25	362.80	0.00	211.82	289.49	2.07	540.53	190.18	25.53	97.86	94.94
Logan County		117.80	20.50	42.71	5.76	0.00	3.38	199.75	283.80	10.42	105.89	138.71
Madison County		15.64	40.83	17.02	103.30	58.42	0.00	21.32	31.80	24.90	86.17	149.14

Comparisons to National Norms	% to Total >= 150%		% to Total < 50%

Franklin County		8.71	11.62	2.45	6.30	0.00	0.71	11.83	180.16	0.00	82.28	231.36
Arkansas		13.78	23.48	14.26	18.12	34.43	34.95	54.93	59.04	24.01	119.35	171.75
National		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Sebastian County		4.90	31.13	5.31	18.79	262.14	27.38	343.51	110.69	21.41	141.09	150.32
Crawford County		8.40	14.09	0.00	38.95	12.67	3.94	145.50	37.18	45.36	127.19	203.12
Johnson County		2.65	85.17	0.00	38.39	99.66	0.72	296.91	112.29	6.13	116.80	163.06
Logan County		16.24	4.81	6.09	1.04	0.00	1.18	109.72	167.57	2.50	126.38	238.23
Madison County		2.16	9.58	2.43	18.72	20.11	0.00	11.71	18.78	5.98	102.84	256.14

Sources: STI: PopStats, Circa April 2025

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